Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-17


Near Sparta.
GEORGIA.
j. h. Sharp, Of Forsyth, has violin
insde in 1852.
The 500. 900 subscrlpti for the new
national bank in Rome has been raised.
At Griffin Monday Mrs. George w.
White died after nearly four months
Illness.
One hundred per cent per month is the
pace at which vacant lots are increasing
IN value at Rome.
Charles f. DUR, formerly of the Rome
and Decatur railroad, has discovered a
silver mine about eight miles from Rome.
The ore contains 80 per cont. OF silver.
he Will sink a shaft liz few days.
A robbery occurred al sunny side Mon
day night. The store house OF w. b.
Griffin was entered by burglars, who
blew the sale open and carried of
small sum of money. No clue TO the rob-
bers has been discovered.
t. j. Brooks has been appointed tenn
porary receiver Tor W. J.. Cole. VINO has
been for years passed conducting a large
guano and warehouse business At grimm.
*. 5. Cole, bis father. refuses TO turn over
the books, etc., to the receiver, aud he Is
claimant and not party 10 the 6Iii.
AT LAGRANGE robber or two entered
j. n. Cooper's residence and pocket, and
also Rev. ID d, Cox's, and found only 81.
They also visited Marshal L. D. McCor-
mack. There they took SIS. Col. John
! Abrahams says he thinks he heard them
working at his house. At MIR. Cox's a
ind was sawed for entrance.
Nv. T. Cole, prominent citizen OF
Griffin, had the misfortune to fail down
the stair easing over Brawner's book store
Tuesday and broke bis arm in two places
and also severely cut his head, He was
4nu Gih r i'm. httr ..ur iah
TO Drewry's drug store, where be was
brought to and his wounds dressed.
The indications are that the member.
ship of the Georgia State Poultry AMI
Bench Association Of Macon will reach
fully 100 by the next meeting, which Will
take place on the first Wednesday in
April. Names are being sent In daily to
the executive committee, and great in
terest is manifested in the organization.
The Town Council of Dublin, it seems,
has incurred the ire oil some OF the trans
gressors of its ordinances. Friday night
s0me of them broke about dozen of the
street lamps and carried away the law
sign of David Ware, Jr., the city attor-
neY. The Mayor has offered a reward OF
,s25 for evidence to convict the perpetrators
of these outra9es. Parties who recently
contributed to the town treasury are sus-
pected, and it is thought the Marshal will
soon make out case.
Felix Gilbert Cochran, Familiarity
known as "Uncle Felix" died at his
home in West Grifin Sunday, In his SSth
year. About forty years ago The went to
Griffin. where he established himself as
cotton buyer, and followed that business
for many years. For several years past
he has been very feeble, and his mind has
been very weak for some time. He was
pensioned for his services in the war of
1872. but it did not suffice for the support
- hi axad hn r,Ian fha
charity of the citizens of Griffin,
A negro woman named Elizabeth
Bailey died in Ty bee, suburb of Jack
sonville, Monday evening, and was in
debted to DR.. j. q. johnson for services.
In order to make test case, and to de-
termine whether the family should not
paw the bill, DR.. johnson withheld his
signature from the death certificate until
the money was paid. As the body could
not be buried until the certificate was
given to the sexton, the matter was re-
ported to DR.. Walker, Chairman OF the
Board of Health, who ordered the certif-
cate signed. This was done and the body
wa buried.
There Is a family named Montgomery
living in the rear OF W. III. Woods resi-
nence, in the western portion of Macon,
- very destitute circumstances. On
Monday evening the SIX children were
sick with measles. MIR. and Mrs. Mont
gomsry concluded, as they were worn out
with watching, to take three children
each and look after them for the night.
During the night, it is thought about ,
O'Clock, one OF the children in the room
occupied by Mrs, Montgomery called to
it's mother for water. There was no re-
Spouse, though the child cried out loudly.
Mr.. Montgomery, being awakened, went
into the room and found his wife dead.
She had died without uttering sound.
A day or two ago Pinkney Harris, OF
Culverton, was walking home from
sparta and taking his way along the
Macon and Augusta railroad, when IL be-
came necessary tor him TO cross the open
bridge, trestle that spans the Two-mile
branch. While about middle way of this
bridge he fell through il, feet foremost,
between the crUssties and into the mud
and water beneath, a distance of exactly
fhirty-tiYe feet, and lay there for upwards
of three hours, with nothing but his head
out of the water, aud 1t very cold, before
assistance was rendered him. He was
at last found there, perfectly senseless,
with one hip dislocated, several ribs
broken and an internal injury, from
which he is expected to die in day or
two.
A 6ve-story hotel is to be built at once
by Mr.. Coskery on the site where the
Globe Hotel, recently burned, stood at
Augusta. d. p. Woodruff, the architect
VINO designed the Orpnan Asylum ana
Christian Church, has furnished the
plans. The building will cover the old
Globe property from Broad to Ellis streets,
270 feet, furnishing three sides for orna-
mentation and display. Another pleas
ing feature OF the scheme Is the copjunc-
tlon OF the Masons in the plan. They will,
In all probability, erect fve-story edlfce
also TO correspond exactly with the new
hotel, creating the impression among
visitors that but one building is CON-
prIsed. Their structure, however, will
not extend back more than 100 feet-that
Is, five stories. The building veil con-
tInue TO Ellis street, Of course, but not
more than TWO or three stories.
The court house removal is tho sIl-ab-
sorhing topic Of conversation in Worth
BOUNTY at this time. Al predicted when
Ne order for the election was publis he'd,
hn>xere are going TO be moro places voted
2'fsnr than should be, and II there is not
reconciliation OF interests no place
Hfvili get the necessary two-thirds vote.
~ There are at present four places being adj
vocated by different men over the county,
y so-wlt: Isabella, Powlan, Sumner and
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